una entretenedisima metafisica del aburrimiento

Like all good fruit, the balance of life is in the ripe and ruin.

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:42:50 -0700

wordsarewords:

Interlude (Ripe and Ruin)

Alt-J

An Awesome Wave

(For the 25th.)

buzzfeed: Okay, so this has got to be the best one of these...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:37:20 -0700

buzzfeed:

Okay, so this has got to be the best one of these right?

leinweber: the external world (via pvh)

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:17:33 -0700

leinweber:

the external world (via pvh)

The year of transitions

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:56:22 -0800

This is the first New Year’s eve I ever spend away from my lovely home town of San Luis Potosi. It is sort of a big deal but also very appropriate for this year where so much chapters where closed and many more have started. Growing up has many facets which are rarely aligned, they are like sliding paralel windows we all cope with at some point or the other throughout our lives.

Its funny how I dont feel nostalgia anymore for being in ‘pueblo quieto’ (nickname I give to my home town). I just feel gratitude and pride of the times and people I shared such important formative years. Back then there was hardly any indication my life would end up where I am today, at this point. Today most of the people I’ve grown up with are on very set paths, looking to get married, having children and all that stuff I was hard wired to live up to and long for.

Not to say that I dont think about that but its not anymore part of a set path or a milestone I long for. I now know that no single act or series of acts guide us to enlightenment or happiness. Its the sum of our past what makes us happy. Appreciating that is a much more delicate art that it might seem.

This year I dealt head on with an affliction that has shadowed me for a long time. I am no longer embarrassed or ashamed of it. Sometimes people feel uneasy when I speak of it; Anxiety. The breakthrough was not about knowing its something I cant control or something that is not my fault but accepting it as apart of me and learning to live and cope with it is what has made the most difference.

This has also been the year of friends! I have met such amazing people and have worked with such amazing people is hard not to gloat. Not only at my amazing work but on my social life Ive been fortunate to get close with people of different places and cultures. I’ve learned from them and hope the’ve learned something from me. I will non mention a single one because I might fail to mention all. I hope next year and in years to come I continue to know this amazing humans and toast for their good fortune and reminisce over a drink or two or more!

Finally this has been a year of interesting adventures in the life of a want-to-be entrepreneur. I’ve learned so much from mentors and colleagues! I have been able to confirm my aspirations of making a dent I the future of my country by helping out as much as I can in mentoring and evangelizing about a culture of innovation with socially responsible. I care about that ALOT!

My family is a family of exagerators. I think its funny the world did not end (of course). But I cant help it remember my mom always telling me ‘no es el fin del mundo’ whenever something bad happen. I remember thinking how stupid that was and also having nightmare of the apocalypse. Times have been mostly awesome this year, not with the appropriate amount of drama (its in my blood) but I sure not se a reason why I should complain. I have nothing but gratitude for life’s blessings so far.

I dont write as much cheesy stuff as I used to but I felt this year I should try to do it mostly for me. I should come back and read this post in the future and very much remember the significance of this, the year the world didn’t end.

— PAco

aramishc: Kick-ass old lady on US elections.. you don’t see it...

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:06:20 -0800

aramishc:

Kick-ass old lady on US elections.. you don’t see it coming.

heyfunniest:

THIS BLOG. THIS!

My crazy relatives

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:09:00 -0800

I went to the first Guerra family reunion in many many years. Last one I barely even remember. I knew I had a very interesting family just from what my mom told me and very old books and things in my house which gave me and hints here and there but this weekend I was able to tie more knots of my awesome ancestry.

It was crazy, I am still trying to process all that information. We have a very interesting family history full of stories that go back to the 1500’s when my past relatives came from Asturias (Northern Spain) to the new world to seek fortune in Mexico. There are haciendas, revolutions, adventures, entrepreneurship, travel and crazy love stories all over. All that is in my genes! (Sorry, no pirates or ninjas)

My family has a thing about keeping things ‘close’. They had an excuse, well two. One was that there was not that many people to go around and the and the other was that Guerra women were just to hot to let go :P As they (my relatives say) used to say ‘Lets just keep it in the family, its easier’.

There where well over 300 people coming from my great grandfather’s two marriages. There where at least 10 or 20 different bloodlines (family trees) present and some of them where just plain weird and tangled from the aforementioned lust for own blood. There is even a bloodline that its name is Guerra Guerra! (To my american friends: That means that two direct relatives with the same last name formed a family and therefore their children’s last name is Guerra Guerra :D).

My grandfather had to wives also, he married my grandmother at 70ish after he widowed and had two girls who where younger than many of his grand children. I am the youngest grandchild in that bloodline! Many of my first cousins are older than my mom and I am sure I have more than a few great nephews and nieces … Very interesting fact: My grand mother was my grandfathers great niece :P

I never considered that I was part of one of those big happy families. For the most part my experience has been of a small close family. I realize I come from a crazy family and it does not surprise me at all. Its hard to realize how close to my blood this family is and how far we are appart just from how life is and the paths we take.

I am glad y am part of an unconventional happy family spawning back generations I cant even begin to imagine!

Guerra!

Photo

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:46:08 -0700

laughterkey: Stay safe, kids.

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:26:13 -0700

laughterkey:

Stay safe, kids.

woah! ledudette: First animal to live in space (vía @deimos27)

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:40:14 -0700

woah!

ledudette:

First animal to live in space (vía @deimos27)

ledudette: ¿Cómo les funciona @Jaimeqiu y @kidpollo?

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:40:04 -0700

ledudette:

¿Cómo les funciona @Jaimeqiu y @kidpollo?

cat spa!

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:19:11 -0700

cat spa!

ledudette: Sobre dónde vive Bono… cc @raloech

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:08:33 -0700

ledudette:

Sobre dónde vive Bono… cc @raloech

gringoating

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:09:43 -0700

When walking outside is an adventure for lunch is too much of an adventure.

Little plastic orange containers come to the rescue…

todoloquenocabeenmiotro: nevver: Tom Gauld

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:19:15 -0700

todoloquenocabeenmiotro:

nevver: Tom Gauld

I miss having this problems

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:33:20 -0700

I miss having this problems

Como dice @ledudette: Así ando por la vida, complicándomela.

Wed, 02 May 2012 09:44:47 -0700

Como dice @ledudette:

Así ando por la vida, complicándomela.

"I prefer to see women in pajamas than lingerie. I just want to know they are comfortable."

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:29:17 -0700

“I prefer to see women in pajamas than lingerie.
I just want to know they are comfortable.”

- Troy (community)

The wires in mah head

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:37:02 -0700

Here is a picture of how i look like. Under the bandage are a bunch of cables that…

are connected to this thing that records my brain waves for 3 days.

Every once in a while things happen that make you reflect upon many things on your life. For the past year and a half I have been living an adventure few people get to live. Even fewer people from my country get to work in Silicon Valley and be amongst the few that really work in shaping the future of the web, social media, commerce, mobile etc.

Going with the pack has never been much my deal. I sometimes feel too much like a regular dude but hanging out with ‘the crazies’, ‘the entrepreneurs’, ‘the hipsters’ and ‘the geniuses’ kinda skews the parameter of what is normal and what is great.

Moving to a new and exiting place away from all the conforts and familiar environments can certainly cause a lot of stress and anxiety. It is not easy but I have enjoyed every second of it. I hardly think that is a reason for the scary and intense anxiety I experience on occasions because I live for such emotions. It feels more like an intense self awareness that traps me when I want to move fast and control a situation for no apparent reason. Its a recursive, self fulfilling prophecy I impose myself to which I say to my self.

Its ok to slow down!

Looking at this from the bright side. I now feel I can wear an Afro wig and feel less self conscious than right now :P I hope the next post is about my pictures with an afro!

I never knew why I felt so drawn to this painting. Turns...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:01:00 -0700

I never knew why I felt so drawn to this painting. Turns out Edvard Munch is depicting how a severe panic attack feels. I now feel I must start painting.

"The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence, facilitated by Katz...."

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:50:15 -0700

“The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence, facilitated by Katz. There, he posed a question to all of the men in the room: “Men, what things do you do to protect yourself from being raped or sexually assaulted?”

Not one man, including myself, could quickly answer the question. Finally, one man raised his hand and said, “Nothing.” Then Katz asked the women, “What things do you do to protect yourself from being raped or sexually assaulted?” Nearly all of the women in the room raised their hand. One by one, each woman testified:

“I don’t make eye contact with men when I walk down the street,” said one.
“I don’t put my drink down at parties,” said another.
“I use the buddy system when I go to parties.”
“I cross the street when I see a group of guys walking in my direction.”
“I use my keys as a potential weapon.”

The women went on for several minutes, until their side of the blackboard was completely filled with responses. The men’s side of the blackboard was blank. I was stunned. I had never heard a group of women say these things before. I thought about all of the women in my life—including my mother, sister and girlfriend—and realized that I had a lot to learn about gender.”